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Sunday Sit Down With Senator Bart Hester

Sunday Sit Down segment with the Senator who created a bill to take away a city's power to create civil rights ordinances

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Updated: 11:49 PM CST Feb 15, 2015

Sunday Sit Down With Senator Bart Hester

Sunday Sit Down segment with the Senator who created a bill to take away a city's power to create civil rights ordinances

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WEBVTT QUARTER OF AN IT A POSSIBLY A HALF INCH OF ICE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. -- FOR YOU GO TO BED TONIGHT, AS WE EXPECT A QUARTER OF AN INCH AND POSSIBLY A HALF OF INCH OF ICE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. DANIEL: THANK YOU, DREW, AND 40/29 IS BRINGING BACK A TRADITION, THE SUNDAY SIT DOWN SEGMENT. EACH SUNDAY NIGHT AT 10:00, WE WILL SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THE STORIES IMPACTING YOUR LIVES. EARLIER THIS WEEK, CRAIG AND I SAT DOWN WITH THE MAN WHO CREATED A BILL TO TAKE AWAY YOUR CITY'S POWER TO CREATE CERTAIN CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCES. SENATOR OUR TESTER -- SENATOR BARCHESTER -- SEN. BART HESTER: CITY LAW WILL BECOME NULL FIND -- NULLIFIED BY THE STATE, AND I THINK THERE IS NO DOUBT IT WILL BE NULLIFIED. DANIEL: THE GOVERNOR ISSUED A STATEMENT, AND HE SAID HE WOULD NOT VETO THE LAW BUT HE WOULD NOT SIGN IT, AND THE MEANS IT WOULD STILL BECOME LAW AROUND JUNE OR AROUND THAT TIME, BUT HE DID SAY IT WOULD BE A LOSS OF LOCAL CONTROL. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? SE -- SEN. HESTER: HE HAS BEEN AROUND A LOT LONGER THAN I HAVE, SO I RESPECT HIM. I THINK THE REALITY IS IF YOU ARE A BUSINESS THAT WANTS TO EXPAND IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND YOU HAVE CIVIL RIGHTS, AND ROGERS IS ONE THING AND BENTONVILLE IS ANOTHER AND SPRINGDALE IS ANOTHER, IT COULD BE VERY HARD FOR THEM TO QUANTIFY THEIR EXPECTATIONS. DANIEL: SOME OF YOUR OPPONENTS ARGUE THAT FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES HAVE SIMILAR CIVIL RIGHTS RULES WITHIN THEIR COMPANIES, AND ALSO, THERE ARE MANY WEEKS CITIES OUT THERE THAT HAVE THESE ORDINANCES THAT ARE DOING ECONOMICALLY FINE. WHAT YOU SAY TO THOSE OPPONENTS WHEN THEY BRING UP ARGUMENTS LIKE THAT? SEN. HESTER: I THINK I SUPPORT BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING TO BRING THAT UP IN THEIR ORGANIZATION. CRAIG: YOU ARE NOT TRYING TO PROTECT ONE PARTICULAR GROUP, ARE YOU?

Sunday Sit Down With Senator Bart Hester

Sunday Sit Down segment with the Senator who created a bill to take away a city's power to create civil rights ordinances